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Inside Citizen: The public safety app pushing surveillance boundaries – NBC News
The smartphone app Citizen describes itself in simple terms: a safety network that sends alerts about nearby incidents including crime.
The smartphone app Citizen describes itself in simple terms: a safety network that sends alerts about nearby incidents including crime. But in recent months, its business has pushed into potentially dangerous new territory, alarming law enforcement officials and people who worked there.
In Los Angeles, the company’s CEO, Andrew Frame, ordered his staff to put a $30,000 reward on the capture of a man he incorrectly thought was responsible for starting a brushfire that was threatening homes. The…
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